Paul wrote: That would be this establishment: http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics25/00047003.jpg http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics25/00047002.jpg The photos are dated 1924. I would assume the round structures in

All: Gladding McBean also had a plant in Los Angeles adjacent to the SP Main line as it left the Glendale Station. It's long gone now and they did make red clay there also. Paul C. Koehler

The most plausible explanation for the two blue Flags is one belong to the loading crews and the other belong to the car department. Each group could finish at different times so that each was

Yes. Could they all be on "yard air" so when the time comes to move them the switch crew doesn't need to take the time pumping up the air? Unlike the previous Delano picture, these cars appear very

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Ed, you have to differentiate the 36' stock cars built new for the C&NW in the 1920s, which had board roofs, from the 40' stock cars which were rebuilt after WW II from single sheathed box cars,

In addition, I noted that the airhose on the last car on the rightmost string (with no blue flags?) appears to be connected to the last car on the next string. Why would the air hoses be connected

You Hit the nail on the head. Thank you Larry Jackman Boca Raton FL ljack70117@... I was born with nothing and I have most of it left

There was "Griffin Pipe Company" in Milledegville, Ga. which made big pipe. Several cars loads a day left there for many years. The red clay was brought in by drop bottom gons and hoppers. I believe

Each car had two blue flags. Why was this? Were there maybe two different crews/groups working and one wouldn't want to be in danger relying on the other's blue flags in case one group left earlier

CJ: One clay pipe manufacturer is Gladding McBean in Lincoln, California. They make some hunking big pipe sections of some sort from clay which is mined very close to the plant. Curiously, there

--- ed_mines <ed_mines@...> wrote: clay pipe (and tile) were typically made where brick was a common product, sometimes by the same plant. these days, I'm sure consolodation has eliminated most

Incidentally, Ed, the actual initials are PMcKY--Pittsburgh, McKeesport and Youghiogheny--which maybe is closed to the "pronounced" version of the initials. Tony Thompson Editor,

Don't remember if anyone pointed out this photo of Delano's in the Shorpy site after the discussion about blue flags being used in the freight houses. Great photo. If the link does not work the

Ed Mines wrote: Rails in the Pittsburgh area always called it the "Pee Mickey" when I lived there. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA

I think any kind of merchandise light enough to be lifted by a man would be prone to be stolen if shipped in a gondola. I think any kind of sewer pipe would have a relatively thick wall making

Those CNW stock cars are my favorites. Thanks Bob! These stock cars frequently appear in Jack Delano photos in the WWII "Iron Horse at War" book. The end of these cars is missing a slat, making them

In the early 50's in my home town (a small town North of Seattle) my neighborhood was upgraded to city sewers. Before that all the houses in the neighborhood were on septic tanks. Large (3 ft?)

I followed Ted Culotta's explanation of creating a D&H rebuilt USRA box car with a Viking roof. This is one project that can be undertaken in S-scale as well as in HO since both the car and roof as a

Paul, The unmodified Tichy stake pockets are indeed not correct for this model. However with a little effort they can be altered to present an acceptable representation of the prototype. The following